i'm diane sawyer with george stephanopoulos at abc news headquarters in new york. we're with you so that you can hear the president announce his plan to curb gun violence in america, 33 days after the children and teachers were gund down at the elementary school in newtown. the white house acting with record speed for washington. but so is the gun lobby. promising a hard-fought fight. >> the president expected to lay out the most wide-reaching laws. a mixed of legislative and executive actions. including background checks, and limiting clips. the nra signalling overnight how big of a fight this is going to be. with a personal ad that even invoked the president's children. >> there will be children with the president when he makes this announcement. children who wrote him with their ideas on curbing gun violence. let's go to abc's jonathan karl. jon? >> reporter: white house press secretary jay carney has just responded to that ad calling it cowardly. 23 separate executive actions the president will outline, important, because it will be hard to pass anything in con